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Efficacy and Safety of Microwave Ablation for Malignant Renal Tumors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature Since 2012.
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- Efficacy and safety of percutaneous thermal ablation in Bosniak III and IV cystic renal masses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2025Pooled it
- Quality Reporting of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis According to PRISMA 2020 Guidelines: Results from Recently Published Papers in theKorean journal of radiology · 2022Pooled it
- Freehand Ultrasound-Guided Transperineal Microwave Ablation for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Novel Application.Cureus · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of microwave ablation in solitary kidney patients with T1a small renal masses.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Article
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- Percutaneous Image-Guided Ablation of Renal Cancer: Traditional and Emerging Indications, Energy Sources, Techniques, and Future Developments.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Precision oncology: The role of minimally-invasive ablation therapy in the management of solid organ tumors.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Comparing Oncologic Outcomes of Heat-Based Thermal Ablation and Cryoablation in Patients With T1a Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Population-Based Cohort Study From the SEER Database.Korean journal of radiology · 2024Article
- Proceedings from an international consensus meeting on ablation in urogenital diseases.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Review
- Microwave ablation of 105 T1 renal tumors: technique efficacy with a mean follow-up of two years.Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) · 2024Article
- Microwave ablation of the T1a small renal mass: expanding beyond 3 cm.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Article
- The Judicious Use of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy in the Primary Management of Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2023Review
- SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY AND MICROWAVE ABLATION IN THE TREATMENT OF SMALL RENAL MASSES.Acta clinica Croatica · 2023Article
- A Review of In Vitro Instrumentation Platforms for Evaluating Thermal Therapies in Experimental Cell Culture Models.Critical reviews in biomedical engineering · 2022Review
- Mid-to-long term oncologic and functional outcomes of zero ischemia laparoscopic microwave ablation-assisted tumor enucleation for renal cell carcinoma: a single-center experience.Translational cancer research · 2021Article
- MR-Guided Microwave Ablation in T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma: Initial Results in Clinical Routine.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Computerized tomography-Guided Microwave Ablation of Patients with Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancers: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2021Article
- Characteristics of Recent Articles Published in the Korean Journal of Radiology Based on the Citation Frequency.Korean journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Percutaneous Microwave Ablation of Histologically Proven T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Objective: To systematically determine the treatment outcomes of percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) in patients with malignant renal tumor. Materials and Methods: Original studies that reported the clinical outcomes of MWA in patients with malignant renal tumors were identified in MEDLINE and EMBASE from 2012 to June 30, 2017. Inverse variance and random-effects models were used to evaluate and acquire meta-analytic summary estimates of various clinical outcomes, including technical outcomes (technical success rate [TSR] and technical efficacy rate [TER]), oncologic outcomes (local tumor recurrence rate [LRR], cancer-specific survival rate [CSSR], and overall survival rate [OSR]), and complications. Results: Among the 145 articles screened, 13 articles including 567 patients carrying 616 malignant renal tumors were included in the meta-analysis. The meta-analytic pooled TSR and TER were 97.3% (95% confidence interval, 94.3-99.4%; I Conclusion: Microwave ablation showed favorable technical and oncologic outcomes with a low incidence of major complications. Hence, image-guided percutaneous MWA can be considered as a safe and effective treatment for malignant renal tumors.
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